A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Quizzes

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of the story collection?
Chinua Achebe

Sandra Cisneros

Meron Hadero

Ana Castillo
2 When was the book published?
2009

2022

2020

2001
3 Where is the first story set?
New York

Los Angeles

Addis Ababa

San Francisco
4 Why is Saba anxious?
Because there is bad traffic

Because she's lost her suitcase

Because her flight is delayed

Because her relatives are mean
5 Who ends up giving up space in the suitcase?
Saba

Fassil

Konjit

Rahel
6 Where does the story "The Wall" take place?
Ethiopia

Iowa

New York

Washington
7 Where is Herr Weill from?
Spain

France

Germany

England
8 What does Herr Weill help the narrator with?
Science

Math

English

Social Studies
9 Where does the narrator live before coming to America?
Dusseldorf

London

Paris

Berlin
10 What conflict caused Herr Weill to leave Germany?
World War II

The Cold War

World War I

Vietnam
11 What does the narrator leave for Herr Weill at the end of the story?
Flowers

A journal

Chocolate

A note
12 What is Herr Weill's first name?
Klaus

Finn

Johannes

Lukas
13 Who is the protagonist of "The Street Sweep"?
Saba

Mekonnen

Yohannes

Getu
14 Who encourages Getu about getting a well-paying job?
Bobby

Jeff Johnson

An unnamed NGO worker?

His mother
15 Where does Getu go in the story?
To a party

To a political rally

To an employment office

To his job
16 What does Getu smell at the party?
Aloe

Pine

Clean sheets

Lilacs
17 Whose voice is Getu constantly hearing?
His father's

Jeff Johnson's

His mother's

The prime minister's
18 What does Getu's mother say about people from the upper class?
That they are very charitable

That they dislike him

That they are always looking to help people

That they will never accept him
19 What happens at the end of the story?
Getu angrily yells at Jeff

Getu goes home to his mother

Getu sneaks back into the party

Getu steals a business card
20 What does Getu learn at the end of the story?
That Jeff's job doesn't pay well

That Jeff has no job

That Jeff has been making fun of him

That Jeff never intended to help him
21 Who was in power during the Derg?
Robert Mugabe

Haile Selassie

Vladimir Lenin

Mengistu Haile Mariam
22 What kind of government was established during the Derg?
Democratic

Fascist

Socialist

Communist
23 Where is Mekonnen from in "Mekonnen aka Mack aka Huey Freakin' Newton"?
Zimbabwe

Ethiopia

Kenya

South Africa
24 What perspective is the book written in?
Third person

Second person

First person

A mixture of first and third person
25 Where does Mekonnen live?
The Bronx

Brooklyn

Staten Island

Queens

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